Today In History

Wed., Nov. 22, 2000

In 1718: English pirate Edward Teach - better known as “Blackbeard” - was killed during a battle off the Virginia coast.

In 1890: French President Charles de Gaulle was born in Lille, France.

In 1906: the “SOS” distress signal was adopted at the International Radio Telegraphic Convention in Berlin.

In 1943: President Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek met in Cairo to discuss measures for defeating Japan.

In 1977: Regular passenger service between New York and Europe on the supersonic Concorde began on a trial basis.

In 1980: death claimed actress Mae West at her Hollywood residence at age 87 and former House Speaker John W. McCormack in Dedham, Mass., at age 88.

Today’s Birthdays: Former Sen. Claiborne Pell, D-R.I., is 82. Comedian Rodney Dangerfield is 79. Movie director Arthur Hiller is 77. Actor Robert Vaughn is 68. Actor Michael Callan is 65. Actor Allen Garfield is 61. Animator and movie director Terry Gilliam is 60. Actor Tom Conti is 59. Astronaut Guion S. Bluford is 58. Tennis player Billie Jean King is 57. Rock musician Tina Weymouth (The Heads; Talking Heads; The Tom Club) is 50. Baseball player Greg Luzinski is 50. Actor Richard Kind is 44. Actress Jamie Lee Curtis is 42. Rock singer Jason Ringenberg (Jason & the Scorchers) is 42. Actress Mariel Hemingway is 39. Actor Stephen Geoffreys is 36. Actor Nicholas Rowe is 34. Tennis player Boris Becker is 33. Actress Scarlett Johansson is 16.

Thought for Today: “In youth we feel richer for every new illusion; in maturer years, for every one we lose.” - Anne Sophie Swetchine, Russian-French author (1782-1857).

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